Damin
Sign in to saveDamin ( in the practical orthography of Lardil) was a ceremonial language register used by the advanced initiated men of the aboriginal Lardil ( in the practical orthography) and Yangkaal peoples of northern Australia. Both inhabit islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the Lardil on Mornington Island, the largest island of the Wellesley Islands, and the Yangkaal on the Forsyth Islands. Their languages belong to the same family, the Tangkic languages. Lardil is the most divergent of the Tangkic languages, while the others are mutually comprehensible with Yangkaal.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Damin
- Language.creator
- the Lardil or Yangkaal people
- Language.setting
- Initiation language for men, used by the Lardil people of Mornington Island
- Language.fam2
- ritual language
- Language.extinct
- 1970s?
- Language.iso3
- none
- Language.glotto
- none
- Language.lingua
- 29-TAA-bb
- Language.ietf
- art-x-damin
- Language.notice
- IPA
- Language.familycolor
- conlang
- Language.iso3comment
- qda (unofficial)
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- langmaker.github.io/db/mdl_damin.htm
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Origin
- Past ceremonial use
- Decline
- Phonology
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Phonotactics
- Morphology and lexicon
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Damin ( in the practical orthography of Lardil) was a ceremonial language register used by the advanced initiated men of the aboriginal Lardil ( in the practical orthography) and Yangkaal peoples of northern Australia. Both inhabit islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the Lardil on Mornington Island, the largest island of the Wellesley Islands, and the Yangkaal on the Forsyth Islands. Their languages belong to the same family, the Tangkic languages. Lardil is the most divergent of the Tangkic languages, while the others are mutually comprehensible with Yangkaal.
The Lardil word can be translated as being silent.